Automate some tasks or scripts after windows update


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Hi!
How can I automate some tasks after a windows update? I want to run some scripts/commands after that.
Couldn’t fine such option in task scheduler which lets user to run a specific file after an update.
Any idea to automate the task? Maybe some registry keys can solve it!

Thanks.
 

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Windows Update agent generates an event when each update is installed. Look for events with a source of Windows Update, and then trigger a task on those events.
 

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pseymour said:
Windows Update agent generates an event when each update is installed. Look for events with a source of Windows Update, and then trigger a task on those events.
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Do you mean this? Is it still working on win11? As I have disabled event viewer, is this method still possible?
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I'm not sure what you mean by "this," and I'm not reading that whole page to try to figure out what you mean. But yes, the Windows Update client generates events when it downloads an update, starts installing it, and finishes installing it. You can take action based on when an event occurs. Not sure why one would disable event viewer, but okay.
 

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pseymour said:
Not sure why one would disable event viewer, but okay.
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Hard-core gamers have learned to disable all the event logs, in order to reduce FPS stutter.

If your task will take some time to execute, it's best to disable automatic reboot after updates. Otherwise your task will trigger, but there's no guarantee it finishes running before a reboot takes effect.
 

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That’s event logs, not viewer.
 

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I read his NTLite preset, he's disabled the event logs. The free edition of NTLite allows that.
 

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Again, you’re saying logs. He said viewer.
 

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Sheikh said:
Do you mean this? Is it still working on win11? As I have disabled event viewer, is this method still possible?
serverfault.com

Run specific script after every Windows Update

Is there a way to run a specific script each time Windows update completes (i.e., after reboot or after an update that doesn't require a reboot)? My application is suffering from MSCOMCTL.OCX upda...
serverfault.com serverfault.com
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This is the method I use. It works on Windows 11, but I don't know if it will work with event logging disabled.

Ben
 

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I will test it

Thanks everyone ❤️
 

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